Sealdah South section

Sealdah South lines
File:Sealdah South Lines.png EMU Train of Sealdah South Lines between Dhakuria and Jadavpur
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	West Bengal
Termini	Sealdah Budge Budge Canning Diamond Harbour Namkhana
Stations	Total stations: 70 Interchange stations: 9
Website	Eastern Railway
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Kolkata Suburban Railway
Services	Sealdah–Namkhana Ballygunge–Budge Budge Sonarpur–Canning Baruipur–Diamond Harbour
Operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Depot(s)	Sealdah Namkhana
History
Opened	2 January 1862 (1862-01-02)
Technical
Line length	190 km (120 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	At grade
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC overhead line
Operating speed	up to 100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map km Sealdah Main & North section 5 Bidhannagar Road Press House siding Kankurgachi Road 2 Kankurgachi Road Junction Narkeldanga EMU Carshed 3 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Canal Kankurgachi Chord line Sealdah North 00 0 Sealdah Main Sealdah  KM Line 2  Sealdah South 00 Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed 6 Kamardanga Halt Beruck & Comens Siding 3│7 Park Circus Maa Flyover Hindusthan Engineering & Industrial Ltd. siding BESCO siding Bijon Setu 5 Ballygunge Junction Lake Gardens 07 6 Dhakuria Tollygunge 08 8 Jadabpur Rabindra Sarobar 0  KM Line 1  Tollygunge Bridge 0 10 Bagha Jatin Adi Ganga river 0  KM Line 6  New Alipore 09 Jai Hind Bridge New Garia Metro Depot New Garia–Baruipur Metro (planned) Kavi Subhash  KM Line 1  0 11 New Garia Kalighat–Falta Railway (NG) (dismantled) Majerhat 10  KM Line 3  Kolkata Circular Railway 12 Garia KDS Railway 14 Narendrapur Brace Bridge 12 16 Sonarpur Junction KDS Railway Sonarpur EMU Carshed Santoshpur 15 Clive jute mill siding 19 Bidyadharpur Union jute mill siding 22 Kalikapur Akra 18 planned extension Nangi 21 46 Ghatakpukur Batanagar factory siding 60 Minakhan Caledonian jute mill siding 24 Champahati K.M. Budge Budge 24 27 Piali IBP/IOCL Depot 29 Gourdaha Budge Budge Rail Yard 31 Ghutiari Shariff HPCL Siding 34 Betberia Ghola Budge Budge jute mill siding 38 Taldi BPCL Siding 41 Matla Halt IOCL Siding 45 Canning Charial Canal planned extension Lothian jute mill siding Matla River (planned) Kalipur 29 50 Bhangankhali Magadi Soda factory siding 60 Sonakhali Orient jute mill siding 65 Basanti Albion jute mill siding 87 Jharkhali FCI Siding Charial Extension Canal CESC Siding planned extension Pujali 31 Howrah–Kharagpur line Hooghly River Bir Shibpur 41 Howrah–Kharagpur line Pujali–Bankrahat line (planned) Bankrahat 42 Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat line (planned) 19 Subhasgram 22 Mallikpur New Garia–Baruipur Metro (planned) BESCO Siding (planned) Baruipur 00 25 Baruipur Junction Baruipur Metro Depot Kalyanpur 28 27 Shasan Road Dakshin Durgapur 30 29 Krishna Mohan Hotar 32 31 Dhapdhapi Dhamua 34 33 Surjyapur Uttar Radhanagar 37 35 Gocharan Magra Hat 40 38 Hogla Bahirpuya 43 41 Dakshin Barasat Sangrampur 45 44 Baharu (planned) Sangrampur– Krishnachandrapur line 49 Jaynagar Majilpur Deula 50 87 Durgapur (planned) Netra 53 planned extension Basuldanga 55 Gurudas Nagar 63 57 70 57 Krishnachandrapur 61 Uttar Kashinagar 66 Companirthek Diamond Harbour 60 70 Raidighi Hara Fort goods siding 54 Mathurapur Road 59 Madhabpur 62 Lakshmikantapur Gurudasnagar–Kulpi line (planned) 67 Udairampur 75 71 Kulpi 76 Karanjali 82 Nischintapur Market 84 Nischintapur 88 Madhabnagar 92 Kashinagar 95 Kakdwip Budhakhali 103 planned extension Muriganga river 103 Ukilerhat Sagar Island 108 110 Namkhana planned extension 112 Namkhana Ghat 124 Chandranagar 141 Bakkhali km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm) narrow gauge (762 mm) in use │ out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c) │ tunnel

Sealdah South lines are a set of four lines from Sealdah railway station connecting Sealdah with Budge Budge, Canning, Diamond Harbour and Namkhana. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway.

History

The 45 km long line from Calcutta to Port Canning via Sonarpur, constructed and completed on 2 January 1862 by the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway, was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly River. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South) to Canning on the Matla River. Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway was formed in 1859 as a private company but was taken over by the government in 1868 after it incurred extensive losses because of floods and other problems. It was the first case in India of the railway being taken over by the state.

The 33 km long line from Sonarpur to Jaynagar Majilpur via Baruipur, constructed in 1882 by the Eastern Bengal Railway. It was extended up to Lakshmikantapur in 1928. Thereafter the line was extended up to Kakdwip in 2001 and up to Namkhana in 2006.

The 35 km long line from Baruipur to Diamond Harbour, constructed in 1883 by the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway.

The 19 km long line from Ballygunge to Budge Budge, constructed in 1890 by the Eastern Bengal Railway.

Routes with Stations

Routes

• Sealdah – Namkhana
• Ballygunge – Budge Budge
• Sonarpur – Canning
• Baruipur – Diamond Harbour

Main line (towards Namkhana)

Main line
#	Distance from Sealdah (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Sealdah	SDAH	Chord link line / Eastern line
2	3	Park Circus		Circular line
3	6	Ballygunge Junction	BLN	Circular line / Budge Budge (South lines)
4	7	Dhakuria		None
5	8	Jadavpur		None
6	10	Baghajatin		None
7	12	New Garia		None
8	13	Garia		None
9	15	Narendrapur		None
10	17	Sonarpur Junction	SPR	Canning (South lines)
11	20	Subhashgram		None
12	22	Mallikpur		None
13	25	Baruipur Junction	BRP	Diamond Harbour (South lines)
14	27	Shasan Road		None
15	29	Krishna Mohan		None
16	31	Dhapdhapi		None
17	33	Surjyapur		None
18	35	Gocharan		None
19	38	Hogla		None
20	41	Dakshin Barasat		None
21	44	Baharu		None
22	49	Jaynagar Majilpur	JNM	None
23	54	Mathurapur Road		None
24	59	Madhabpur		None
25	62	Lakshmikantapur		None
26	68	Udairampur		None
27	72	Kulpi		None
28	77	Karanjali		None
29	83	Nischintapur Market		None
30	84	Nischintapur		None
31	88	Madhabnagar		None
32	92	Kashinagar		None
33	95	Kakdwip		None
34	103	Ukilerhat		None
35	108	Namkhana	NMKA	None

Branch lines

Budge Budge Branch line

Budge Budge Branch line
#	Distance from Ballygunge (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Ballygunge Junction	BLN	Main (South lines) / Circular line
2	2	Lake Gardens	LKF	Circular line
3	3	Tollygunge	TLG	Circular line
4	4	New Alipore	NACC	Circular line
5	6	Majerhat	MJT	Circular line
6	8	Brace Bridge	BRJ	None
7	11	Santoshpur	SSP	None
8	13	Akra	AKRA	None
9	17	Nangi	NAI	None
10	19	Budge Budge	BGB	None

Canning Branch line

Canning Branch line
#	Distance from Sonarpur (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Sonarpur Junction	SPR	Main (South lines)
2	3	Bidyadharpur	BDYP	None
3	6	Kalikapur	KLKR	None
4	7	Champahati	CHT	None
5	10	Piali	PLF	None
6	12	Gourdaha Halt	GOD	None
7	15	Ghutiari Sharif	GOF	None
8	18	Betberia Ghola	BTPG	None
9	22	Taldi	TLX	None
10	25	Chandkhali Halt		None
11	28	Canning	CG	Planned extension to Bhanagankhali

Diamond Harbour Branch line

Diamond Harbour Branch line
#	Distance from Baruipur (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Baruipur Junction	BRP	Main (South lines)
2	3	Kalyanpur		None
3	5	Dakshin Durgapur		None
4	7	Hotar		None
5	10	Dhamua		None
6	12	Uttar Radhanagar		None
7	15	Magra Hat		None
8	18	Bahirpuya Halt		None
9	20	Sangrampur		None
10	25	Deula		None
11	28	Netra		None
12	30	Basuldanga		None
13	32	Gurudas Nagar		None
14	35	Diamond Harbour	DH	None

Ganga Sagar mela

The Ganga Sagar mela, which attracts thousands of pilgrims during Makar Sankranti in mid-January, is approached through this line. Kakdwip and Namkhana stations serve as handy rail heads for travel to the mela. Eastern Railway runs around 80 special trains for the mela. There also are special trains from Delhi to Namkhana via Lucknow and Allahabad.

Future developments

There are plans for constructing a deep sea port at Sagar Island. This would also require the construction of a 4.5 km long rail-cum-road bridge to connect the island to the mainland and around 40 km long rail connection.

A project costing Rs. 1.24 billion has been sanctioned for extension of the Sealdah-Canning line to Bhangankhali, with a bridge across the Matla. There are plans to extend the line later to Gosaba.

External links

External videos
Train leaving Budge Budge
Ganga Sagar pilgrims boarding ferry at Namkhana